Last weekend, Cody helped me out with fixing up this old safe. We did a paint test on the back to see how it'd cover. But because of the texturing on it, we discovered that I should have either sanded it less (too late!) or I should sand it down past the rubberized texture. All this to say: I have a lot more sanding to do.
Here are some pictures.
Overall, it really doesn't look that bad. But the stains and watermarks you see don't scrub off. Sure, it's completely usable as is. But I feel like painting it, for some reason. And I have the paint now, so why not?
The inside of the safe...yes, it opens!
Notice the banged up corner. Cody helped be smack it back in to shape. As seen below:
Not perfect, but it at least resembles a square corner. At that's more than good enough.
Here it is with the back and top painted. You can't see it, but the back still has most of the rubber texture on it. But there are some smooth, shiny spots where I sanded down too far. On the top, I sanded down past the coating. But you won't be able to see that from the picture, probably.
